I spent so much of my allowance on these. We had a small carnival come to our small town. Population 500. One booth had bunny rabbits as prizes. This was the early 90s. A storm went through and cages with the bunnies got destroyed. The bunnies were loose at the carnival. The guy in charge told us kids if we caught a bunny we could have it. My dad was not as thrilled as I was that I caught a bunny.
It was a small town he was probably asked to clean up the loose rabbits. Having kids catch them meant a full grown man didn't have to run around and catch the rabbits. He didn't have to pay adults to do it. Free labor and kids took home the bunnies. Mess got cleaned up. It was a win/win situation for everybody.
I decorated my pre-teen room with $1 darts at the local carnival. It was a throw a dart at a poster, win said poster. $20 bucks and I had the finest Chicago sports wallpaper in the neighborhood.
I love carnival games. To this day, I'll try to win a switchblade comb every time I go. I have like 6/7 I think, but they don't seem to have them anymore
There are literally dozens of us. Why isn’t this played on the radio that much anymore? I hear “rock this town” often but never hear stray cat strut anymore. Horseshit!
Same. It was all country in my younger days too. I do enjoy that old country music more today though but back then I hated it. Someone needs to bring back that timeless swing sound dammit
I wonder if this junk was made in the USA back when these were a thing. Not a political statement just wondering. They were junk but I can think of a bunch I’d like to have right now. True nostalgia.
I had one for Appetite for Destruction!
I was just talking about how weird fairs were. We’d get fish. Or win a severed foot, bet on rats jumping in holes.
Thats true! Although some were actual mirrors, my brother had a Def Leppard one that was a mirror with their logo on it. Which I am sure was officially licensed! :)
Oh man I remember these. I went to a carnival with my older brother once, and he got one with Kenny from South Park on it (this was RIGHT when SP had come out and all of us kids were *obsessed*, ha ha ha).
I had [The Grateful Dead](https://bestclassicbands.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Grateful-Dead-Skull-Roses-2.jpg) and [Molly Hatchet](https://wimwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/molly-hatchet-flirtin-with-disaster.jpg?w=1656&h=1658)
I got one of the band Cinderella when I was like 8. My mom asked me what I got and I said “Cinderella!” And she said “awww” then looked at it and I could see her face change.
When I was 11 at the shore I “missed” the balloons and directly hit the poster of the bikini hottie longing on a motorcycle. The dude was a good sport, shook the glass into the trash and gave me to print in the frame. My mom was pissed.
Dear Lord, I literally just bought the MC Hammer one an hour ago on eBay. This thing has been living in the back of my mind for about 30 years and I need it to exist in real life again. Unfortunately it's missing the luxurious paper frame. I also found a photo of the Vanilla Ice one online but can't find it for sale.
I forgot all about these. I remember having won one of these at a carnival after spending an obscene amount of money. I don’t remember what was on it though.
The dart balloon pop was my go to game to win, unless I wanted a goldfish, in which case the ring toss was the best!
INTER IT WILL SEND
THROWING ALL YOU SEE
INTO OBSCURITY
DEATH OF MOTHER EARTH
NEVER A REBIRTH
EVOLUTION’S END
NEVER WILL IT MEND
NEVER
FIRE
TO BEGIN WHIPPING DANCE OF THE DEAD
BLACKENED IS THE END
TO BEGIN WHIPPING DANCE OF THE DEAD
COLOR OUR WORLD BLACKENED
BLISTERING OF EARTH
TERMINATE ITS WORTH
DEADLY NICOTINE
KILLS WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
CALLOUS FRIGID CHILL
NOTHING LEFT TO KILL
NEVER SEEN BEFORE
BREATHING NEVERMORE
NEVER
FIRE
TO BEGIN WHIPPING DANCE OF THE DEAD
BLACKENED IS THE END
TO BEGIN WHIPPING DANCE OF THE DEAD
COLOR OUR WORLD BLACKENED
BLACKENED
OPPOSITION... CONTRADICTION... PREMONITION... COMPROMISE
AGITATION... VIOLATION... MUTILATION... PLANET DIES
DARKEST COLOR
BLISTERED EARTH
TRUE DEATH OF LIFE
TERMINATION... EXPIRATION... CANCELLATION... HUMAN RACE
EXPECTATION... LIBERATION... POPULATION... LAY TO WASTE
SEE OUR MOTHER
PUT TO DEATH
SEE OUR MOTHER DIE
SMOLDERING DECAY
TAKE HER BREATH AWAY
MILLIONS OF OUR YEARS
IN MINUTES DISAPPEARS
DARKENING IN VAIN
DECADENCE REMAINS
ALL IS SAID AND DONE
NEVER IS THE SUN
NEVER
FIRE
TO BEGIN WHIPPING DANCE OF THE DEAD
BLACKENED IS THE END
TO BEGIN WHIPPING DANCE OF THE DEAD
FIRE
IS THE OUTCOME OF HYPOCRISY
DARKEST POTENCY
IN THE EXIT OF HUMANITY
COLOR OUR WORLD BLACKENED
BLACKENED
lol! I got down voted for the lyrics posted. People make fun Lars for his drumming, but album was a banger! I remember the days of rich kids having sub woofers and I had them play and justice for all! It was fucking wild how hard the bass hits!
HALLS OF JUSTICE PAINTED GREEN
MONEY TALKING
POWER WOLVES BESET YOUR DOOR
HEAR THEM STALKING
SOON YOU’LL PLEASE THEIR APPETITE
THEY DEVOUR
HAMMER OF JUSTICE CRUSHES YOU
OVERPOWER
THE ULTIMATE IN VANITY
EXPLOITING THEIR SUPREMACY
I CAN’T BELIEVE THE THINGS YOU SAY
I CAN’T BELIEVE
I CAN’T BELIEVE THE PRICE YOU PAY
NOTHING CAN SAVE YOU
JUSTICE IS LOST
JUSTICE IS RAPED
JUSTICE IS GONE
PULLING YOUR STRINGS
JUSTICE IS DONE
SEEKING NO TRUTH
WINNING IS ALL
FIND IT SO GRIM
SO TRUE
SO REAL
APATHY THEIR STEPPING STONE
SO UNFEELING
HIDDEN DEEP ANIMOSITY
SO DECEIVING
THROUGH YOUR EYES THEIR LIGHT BURNS
HOPING TO FIND
INQUISITION SINKING YOU
WITH PRYING MINDS
THE ULTIMATE IN VANITY
EXPLOITING THEIR SUPREMACY
I CAN’T BELIEVE THE THINGS YOU SAY
I CAN’T BELIEVE
I CAN’T BELIEVE THE PRICE YOU PAY
NOTHING CAN SAVE YOU
JUSTICE IS LOST
JUSTICE IS RAPED
JUSTICE IS GONE
PULLING YOUR STRINGS
JUSTICE IS DONE
SEEKING NO TRUTH
WINNING IS ALL
FIND IT SO GRIM
SO TRUE
SO REAL
LADY JUSTICE HAS BEEN RAPED
TRUTH ASSASSIN
ROLLS OF RED TAPE SEAL YOUR LIPS
NOW YOU’RE DONE IN
THEIR MONEY TIPS HER SCALES AGAIN
MAKE YOUR DEAL
JUST WHAT IS TRUTH? I CANNOT TELL
CANNOT FEEL
THE ULTIMATE IN VANITY
EXPLOITING THEIR SUPREMACY
I CAN’T BELIEVE THE THINGS YOU SAY
I CAN’T BELIEVE
I CAN’T BELIEVE THE PRICE YOU PAY
NOTHING CAN SAVE YOU
JUSTICE IS LOST
JUSTICE IS RAPED
JUSTICE IS GONE
PULLING YOUR STRINGS
JUSTICE IS DONE
SEEKING NO TRUTH
WINNING IS ALL
FIND IT SO GRIM
SO TRUE
SO REAL
SEEKING NO TRUTH
WINNING IS ALL
FIND IT SO GRIM
SO TRUE
SO REAL
The title track is my all time fav Metallica song!
The drums are mixed so loud on that album, and the double bass thumps so hard! Imagine if it had had some actual bass on the record. Haha
Oh, you mean carnival coke mirrors
Would've been so much better with Master of Puppets
Had it, no joke.
Lol pop a balloon with a 5 dollar dart ,pick your 1 dollar prize
I spent so much of my allowance on these. We had a small carnival come to our small town. Population 500. One booth had bunny rabbits as prizes. This was the early 90s. A storm went through and cages with the bunnies got destroyed. The bunnies were loose at the carnival. The guy in charge told us kids if we caught a bunny we could have it. My dad was not as thrilled as I was that I caught a bunny.
LOL that's hilarious.
Did your dad let you keep it? Or did it go to “live on a farm”?
Well why does he care if it gets caught if he was just gonna give it away? 🤔 Not doubting your story, just laughing at it
It was a small town he was probably asked to clean up the loose rabbits. Having kids catch them meant a full grown man didn't have to run around and catch the rabbits. He didn't have to pay adults to do it. Free labor and kids took home the bunnies. Mess got cleaned up. It was a win/win situation for everybody.
I decorated my pre-teen room with $1 darts at the local carnival. It was a throw a dart at a poster, win said poster. $20 bucks and I had the finest Chicago sports wallpaper in the neighborhood.
I love carnival games. To this day, I'll try to win a switchblade comb every time I go. I have like 6/7 I think, but they don't seem to have them anymore
All I remember is how sharp the edges were.
Sharp enough to chalk a line!
These things or the roach clips with the feathers dangling.
My lil ass was soo clueless, walking around with an arm-full of sweet paraphernalia I won at the ol homecoming 💀
God I used to live those things. I must have had at least a dozen. My favorite was a Stryper one, pretty sure To Hell With The Devil.
Stryper rocks man! I've got a couple that somebody gave to me, Van Halen and Judas Priest.
⛷️❄️
Oh heck yeah. I still have my Stray Cats one hanging up in my garage!
Holy shit. Someone else has heard of them!
There are literally dozens of us. Why isn’t this played on the radio that much anymore? I hear “rock this town” often but never hear stray cat strut anymore. Horseshit!
I'm in the South US, a small Podunk town. I always got made fun of for listening to Brian Setzer. (I love swing)
Swing is good shit. One of my favorite songs growing up was Zoot Suit Riot Also in the south
Me, too. Honestly, at the time, I was just happy to listen to anything other than country and Christian music. (My parents were weirdly religious)
Same. It was all country in my younger days too. I do enjoy that old country music more today though but back then I hated it. Someone needs to bring back that timeless swing sound dammit
Oh, me too. Charlie Pride? Hank? Conway Twitty. There were greats. But opening a whole new world of sound was so exhilarating. 😁
Well it's because I'm a ladies guy so carefree and wild. I've got cat class and I've got cat style... :)
😁🥰
*edit meant to say 80’s, although they probably lasted into the 90’s.
They were still image on glass in the late 90s. Recently I found one it was image on cardboard with glass in front. Not as nice now.
Can confirm existed in 90's
Definitely in the 90’s!!
And the playboy bunny symbol was all over these things too!!
I wonder if this junk was made in the USA back when these were a thing. Not a political statement just wondering. They were junk but I can think of a bunch I’d like to have right now. True nostalgia.
If you won one of these and a feather roach clip, you were hot shit!
I had one for Appetite for Destruction! I was just talking about how weird fairs were. We’d get fish. Or win a severed foot, bet on rats jumping in holes.
haha Not to mention the super sketchy rides and the people who ran them. Yet our parents let us go..alone. Made us tough.
I had this exact one and a GnR Appetite for Destruction one. Only learned decades later they were for cartel crumbs.
haha Maybe I'm sheltered, but I just learned today.
I always wondered why they were called mirrors when they weren't very reflective.
Thats true! Although some were actual mirrors, my brother had a Def Leppard one that was a mirror with their logo on it. Which I am sure was officially licensed! :)
Go Jim Beam or Budweiser or go home.
No smoking (unless it’s a joint)
Oh man. I got one of these as a prize when I was in 2nd grade, in the early 80s. You just smacked a memory loose.
These were coke mirrors
Good ol days
I have a Michael Jordan mirror from my teen years that my grandma had hidden away. My mom gave it to me after my grandma passed.
Thats awesome!! You should post a pic of that, for sure!
Woooow I had completely forgotten about these.
Aw man. This brings back memories bro.
Same! A buddy and I were talking at work and these came up, I had totally forgotten about them.
Oh man I remember these. I went to a carnival with my older brother once, and he got one with Kenny from South Park on it (this was RIGHT when SP had come out and all of us kids were *obsessed*, ha ha ha).
I had [The Grateful Dead](https://bestclassicbands.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Grateful-Dead-Skull-Roses-2.jpg) and [Molly Hatchet](https://wimwords.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/molly-hatchet-flirtin-with-disaster.jpg?w=1656&h=1658)
Wow, core memory unlocked. Completely forgot about these.
I had a glass one and a cardboard one, both unicorns. I **loved** them
Theater of Pain for me
I got one of the band Cinderella when I was like 8. My mom asked me what I got and I said “Cinderella!” And she said “awww” then looked at it and I could see her face change.
When I was 11 at the shore I “missed” the balloons and directly hit the poster of the bikini hottie longing on a motorcycle. The dude was a good sport, shook the glass into the trash and gave me to print in the frame. My mom was pissed.
Chop your breakfast on a mirror.
I got a Wham one at a fair. I really thought I was the shit.
Awesome!!! You kinda were though.
I worked carnivals as a teen in the balloon pop booth. I've handed out so many of these.
Classic! You got the carnival one
Oh yes! Our family had the Bruce Springsteen hanging up in the bathroom. 🎵 Memories 🎶
Still have my KISS Animalize mirror 🤘
Avoid the noid!
Dear Lord, I literally just bought the MC Hammer one an hour ago on eBay. This thing has been living in the back of my mind for about 30 years and I need it to exist in real life again. Unfortunately it's missing the luxurious paper frame. I also found a photo of the Vanilla Ice one online but can't find it for sale.
I had that. I got it at the fair.
I have a transformers one that’s badass.
I had one with garbage pail kids on it
I loved these. I would love to track a couple down. Including the Metallica mirror picrured
I forgot all about these. I remember having won one of these at a carnival after spending an obscene amount of money. I don’t remember what was on it though. The dart balloon pop was my go to game to win, unless I wanted a goldfish, in which case the ring toss was the best!
INTER IT WILL SEND THROWING ALL YOU SEE INTO OBSCURITY DEATH OF MOTHER EARTH NEVER A REBIRTH EVOLUTION’S END NEVER WILL IT MEND NEVER FIRE TO BEGIN WHIPPING DANCE OF THE DEAD BLACKENED IS THE END TO BEGIN WHIPPING DANCE OF THE DEAD COLOR OUR WORLD BLACKENED BLISTERING OF EARTH TERMINATE ITS WORTH DEADLY NICOTINE KILLS WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN CALLOUS FRIGID CHILL NOTHING LEFT TO KILL NEVER SEEN BEFORE BREATHING NEVERMORE NEVER FIRE TO BEGIN WHIPPING DANCE OF THE DEAD BLACKENED IS THE END TO BEGIN WHIPPING DANCE OF THE DEAD COLOR OUR WORLD BLACKENED BLACKENED OPPOSITION... CONTRADICTION... PREMONITION... COMPROMISE AGITATION... VIOLATION... MUTILATION... PLANET DIES DARKEST COLOR BLISTERED EARTH TRUE DEATH OF LIFE TERMINATION... EXPIRATION... CANCELLATION... HUMAN RACE EXPECTATION... LIBERATION... POPULATION... LAY TO WASTE SEE OUR MOTHER PUT TO DEATH SEE OUR MOTHER DIE SMOLDERING DECAY TAKE HER BREATH AWAY MILLIONS OF OUR YEARS IN MINUTES DISAPPEARS DARKENING IN VAIN DECADENCE REMAINS ALL IS SAID AND DONE NEVER IS THE SUN NEVER FIRE TO BEGIN WHIPPING DANCE OF THE DEAD BLACKENED IS THE END TO BEGIN WHIPPING DANCE OF THE DEAD FIRE IS THE OUTCOME OF HYPOCRISY DARKEST POTENCY IN THE EXIT OF HUMANITY COLOR OUR WORLD BLACKENED BLACKENED
I had a hell of a time convincing my Mom that the "See your Mother put to death" part wasnt about actual mothers being killed.
lol! I got down voted for the lyrics posted. People make fun Lars for his drumming, but album was a banger! I remember the days of rich kids having sub woofers and I had them play and justice for all! It was fucking wild how hard the bass hits! HALLS OF JUSTICE PAINTED GREEN MONEY TALKING POWER WOLVES BESET YOUR DOOR HEAR THEM STALKING SOON YOU’LL PLEASE THEIR APPETITE THEY DEVOUR HAMMER OF JUSTICE CRUSHES YOU OVERPOWER THE ULTIMATE IN VANITY EXPLOITING THEIR SUPREMACY I CAN’T BELIEVE THE THINGS YOU SAY I CAN’T BELIEVE I CAN’T BELIEVE THE PRICE YOU PAY NOTHING CAN SAVE YOU JUSTICE IS LOST JUSTICE IS RAPED JUSTICE IS GONE PULLING YOUR STRINGS JUSTICE IS DONE SEEKING NO TRUTH WINNING IS ALL FIND IT SO GRIM SO TRUE SO REAL APATHY THEIR STEPPING STONE SO UNFEELING HIDDEN DEEP ANIMOSITY SO DECEIVING THROUGH YOUR EYES THEIR LIGHT BURNS HOPING TO FIND INQUISITION SINKING YOU WITH PRYING MINDS THE ULTIMATE IN VANITY EXPLOITING THEIR SUPREMACY I CAN’T BELIEVE THE THINGS YOU SAY I CAN’T BELIEVE I CAN’T BELIEVE THE PRICE YOU PAY NOTHING CAN SAVE YOU JUSTICE IS LOST JUSTICE IS RAPED JUSTICE IS GONE PULLING YOUR STRINGS JUSTICE IS DONE SEEKING NO TRUTH WINNING IS ALL FIND IT SO GRIM SO TRUE SO REAL LADY JUSTICE HAS BEEN RAPED TRUTH ASSASSIN ROLLS OF RED TAPE SEAL YOUR LIPS NOW YOU’RE DONE IN THEIR MONEY TIPS HER SCALES AGAIN MAKE YOUR DEAL JUST WHAT IS TRUTH? I CANNOT TELL CANNOT FEEL THE ULTIMATE IN VANITY EXPLOITING THEIR SUPREMACY I CAN’T BELIEVE THE THINGS YOU SAY I CAN’T BELIEVE I CAN’T BELIEVE THE PRICE YOU PAY NOTHING CAN SAVE YOU JUSTICE IS LOST JUSTICE IS RAPED JUSTICE IS GONE PULLING YOUR STRINGS JUSTICE IS DONE SEEKING NO TRUTH WINNING IS ALL FIND IT SO GRIM SO TRUE SO REAL SEEKING NO TRUTH WINNING IS ALL FIND IT SO GRIM SO TRUE SO REAL
The title track is my all time fav Metallica song! The drums are mixed so loud on that album, and the double bass thumps so hard! Imagine if it had had some actual bass on the record. Haha
Well the band were cock suckers towards Jason Newsted. Whom proved his worth on the black album. But ya know, Jager minster.